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186864421Adelaide: Government Printer 1868. Very Good. Adelaide Government Printer 1868. Foolscap folio 12 pages. Drop-title; small holes in the inner margins where stab-sewn when bound now neatly disbound; uncut bottom edges very slightly chipped with a small light stain to one bottom margin; an excellent copy. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 81 of 1868. Government Printer] unknown
29623The expedition was the culmination of several varying investigations over the previous decade: Madigan's first aerial reconnaissance in 1929 Colson's crossing practically along the 26th parallel in 1936 and a journey by truck around the northern end of the desert in 1937. This pioneering scientific expedition of nine men and seventeen camels left Andado in early June and reached Marree on 8 August after a journey of 800 miles in a little over ten weeks. <p>The Reports are contained in the following volumes of the Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia: Volume 68 Part 1; Volume 69 Part 1; Volume 70 Parts 1 and 2; and Volume 72 Part 1 1944 to 1948. The series is preceded by MADIGAN C.T.: Introduction Narrative Physiography and Meteorology 22 pages plus 10 plates and a large detailed folding map 535 × 395 mm. 1st Report HICKMAN V.V.: Biology - Scorpions and Spiders 31 pages with 3 illustrations. 2nd CARROLL D.: Geology - Desert Sands 11 pages plus a plate. 3rd KINGHORN J.R.: Biology - Reptiles and Batrachians 7 pages. 4th MUSGRAVE A.: Biology - Hemiptera 2 pages. 5th WHITLEY G.P.: Biology - Fishes 4 pages. 6th MADIGAN C.T.: Geology - the Sand Formations 19 pages with illustrations plus 8 plates. 7th EARDLEY C.M.: Botany. Part I: Catalogue of Plants 30 pages plus 11 plates. Part II: The Phytogeography of some important Sandridge Deserts compared with that of the Simpson Desert 29 pages with a map. 8th CROCKER R.L.: The Soils and Vegetation of the Simpson Desert and its borders 24 pages plus 15 plates and a folding map 300 × 325 mm. Each volume is quarto in original wrappers edges a little discoloured; overall a fine set. 5 items. unknown
1918119339Adelaide: RGSSA 1918. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide RGSSA 1918. Octavo 183 pages plus 41 plates one in colour in a total of xii 295 pages with numerous illustrations plus plates and a folding map. Original printed wrappers a little unevenly sunned and slightly marked; an excellent copy internally fine. Undertaken initially in April-June 1916 to explore the mineralogical possibilities of the region; the end result is of considerable anthropological significance. To quote Dr Basedow: 'Realising the rare opportunity for conducting scientific research in a tract of practically unknown country I resolved that after the work entrusted to me by the Syndicate had been completed I would on my own account continue the explorations further afield'. Offered together with the large folding map issued separately in the printed paper slipcase: 'Sketch Plan of the North-West Coast of Australia' 480 × 760 mm. This volume contains one other major article the annual address of the President John Lewis: 'Some Notes on the Early Navigation of the River Murray' 102 pages with 2 illustrations plus 14 plates and a folding map. McLaren 5067 the separate issue. 2 items. RGSSA paperback
1843138864London: Smith Elder & Co 1843. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Smith Elder & Co. 1843. Duodecimo 152 pages. Early salmon-pink cloth a secondary binding lettered in gilt on the spine 'South Australia' and 'Bennett'; cloth sunned on the spine and slightly mottled; boards a little bowed; endpapers a little foxed and lightly marked; a very good copy internally in fine condition. The author lived in South Australia from March 1839 to March 1842; chapters include 'Sketch of Adelaide and Surrounding Villages - Colonial Life and Manners' 'The Native Inhabitants' and 'Information for Emigrants' plus an appendix bringing the information up to date to the end of 1842. Ferguson 3566 mentioning four different bindings but not noting this one the most commonly encountered one in our experience. Smith, Elder, & Co hardcover
184358807London: Smith Elder & Co 1843. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Smith Elder & Co. 1843. Duodecimo 152 pages. Original plum-coloured unlettered cloth sunned on the spine with light stains elsewhere; extremities a little bumped with minor wear to the head of the spine; scattered light foxing; minimal signs of age and use; a very good copy. The author lived in South Australia from March 1839 to March 1842; chapters include 'Sketch of Adelaide and Surrounding Villages - Colonial Life and Manners' 'The Native Inhabitants' and 'Information for Emigrants' plus an appendix bringing the information up to date to the end of 1842. Ferguson 3566 mentioning four different bindings but not noting a secondary binding of salmon-pink cloth the most commonly encountered one in our experience. Smith, Elder, & Co hardcover
18791151351879. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1879. Octavo; original cloth later rebacked retaining the original backstrip; facsimile endpapers; cloth a little flecked marked and lightly worn; a very good copy. The map called for on the title page is no longer present. hardcover
1987024155Summer Hill NSW: F.M. Budden 1987. 314pp maps bw ills. Or green cloth in jacket. Some foxing limited to endpapers. SIGNED and dated by author on front free endpaper. Includes 56th 55th/53rd 53rd Infantry Battalions and covers numerous actions in Papua New Guinea and other areas of the Sout West Pacific area. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. F.M. Budden Hardcover
1930042013Melbourne: Australian War Memorial 1930. HEAVY. xxvi 873pp index appendices 228 bw illustrations maps and graphs chronology errata. Or blue cloth titled in gilt on spine. Spine title 'Official History of the Australian Medical Services 1914-18'. Toning to endpapers and first/last couple of pages light even toning to page edges some surface silverfishing to front cover. Scarce volume of Australian military history. Presented in three parts: Part I The Gallipoli Campaign; Part II The Campaign in Sinai and Palestine; Part III The Occupation of German New Guinea. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo. Australian War Memorial Hardcover
1910129283Adelaide: Gawler Institute 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Gawler Institute 1910. Large octavo iv 428 xxv advertisements pages with numerous illustrations from photographs. Original cloth a little rubbed and marked and lightly worn at the extremities; front cover slightly bowed; front inner hinge cracked but still firm; minor signs of use and age; a very good copy. The superior full-cloth binding; most copies were bound in quarter cloth and printed papered boards. Provenance: James Loutit with his signature in pencil on the title page. We presume him to be a brother of Thomas Flett Loutit who was an early partner in the well-known local engineering firm founded by James Martin see page 286 as well as the two cuttings snipped from a National Trust Bulletin circa 1990s and tipped in on the front endpaper. Gawler Institute hardcover
108350Very Good. A vintage sepia-toned gelatin silver photograph visible image size 237 × 185 mm behind glass in a contemporary slight wooden frame; the dark ink inscription has turned a lighter colour in parts and is now a little diffuse; overall in excellent condition. The inscription in the top left-hand corner is 'Vera & Harold Gard with all good wishes Peter Dawson 28/10/31'. Vera Thrush and her husband Harold Gard were Adelaide singers active in the local opera scene at the time. They travelled to England and Italy in 1924-25 to study grand opera. Adelaide-born Peter Dawson 1882-1961 was initially apprenticed to his father an ironworker and plumber. His parents also encouraged his appreciation of music and he went on to became an internationally-acclaimed baritone. He was one of the first artists to have faith in the gramophone and his fifty-year recording career with His Master's Voice made him a household name in many countries with sales of more than 13 million records of 3500 titles. He also composed many songs 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. The National Library of Australia and the National Portrait Gallery in London have a different Tornquist portrait of Dawson in their collections; an image search online failed to locate another copy of this particular one. unknown
1928056138Brisbane: The Read Press 1928. 210pp 4pp ads at rear map 52 bw ills. Pictorial card. Very small abrasion to front cover light even toning to page edges. No date but National Library suggests 1928. Account of a very early motor journey around Australia in an Overland car. Very scarce and the nicest I have seen. First Paperback. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo. The Read Press Hardcover
186612625London: Sampson Low Son and Marston 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Sampson Low Son and Marston 1866. Octavo xii 474 2 16 catalogue pages plus a folding hand-coloured frontispiece map 370x325mm. Original blind-stamped cloth; new endpapers retaining the bookplate of Arthur Kingston Moore; first and last leaves foxed; map slightly foxed with the leading margin slightly chipped and sunned; a very good copy. The author was 'late Member of the Legislative Council at Adelaide' from 1855 to 1864. Sampson Low, Son, and Marston hardcover
1919115679Adelaide: Citizens and Business Men's Committee 1919. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide Citizens and Business Men's Committee 1919. 180 × 80 mm 100 pages with 26 printed colour patches of South Australian units and numerous advertisements plus advertisements on the covers. Saddle-stapled overlapping colour-pictorial wrappers printed in green and gold a little creased and lightly stained near the spine impacting a little on the inner margins of the first six leaves; minor conservation to the spine with a few small edge tears neatly sealed; staples a little rusty lightly staining some gutters; overall a very good copy. A very attractive publication rarely seen on the open market. Not in Dornbusch; Fielding and O'Neill page 247. Citizens and Business Men's Committee paperback
1999008502Uralla NSW Australia : Idriess Enterprises Pty Ltd 1999. This reprint of the hard to find books of The Guerrilla series is limited to 500 copies. This set comes in a slipcase with the title in gilt to the spine. . FACSIMILE LIMITED EDITION. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Idriess Enterprises Pty Ltd Paperback
1922144345Adelaide: W.K. Thomas & Co 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Adelaide W.K. Thomas & Co. 1922. Octavo xviii 243 pages plus 25 plates and a folding map. Purple cloth lettered in gilt and decorated in black; two sealed tears with minimal loss to the cloth near the top of the front cover; head of the spine lightly sunned; endpapers tanned with the front free endpaper being the half-title; an excellent copy with the uncommon pictorial dustwrapper a little marked and rubbed with slight loss and a few short tears and a 1955 gift inscription on the front flap. The Honourable John Lewis 1844-1923 'Explorer bushman drover roughrider pastoralist businessman legislator' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'; the book contains much on the Northern Territory in the 1860s-70s. His father James accompanied Charles Sturt in 1844-45; his son Essington was the steel-making pioneer and Chairman of BHP. W.K. Thomas & Co hardcover
191520405Adelaide: RSSA 1915. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide RSSA 1915. Octavo pages 494-706 with numerous line illustrations plus a map and 17 pages of plates. Original flush-cut quarter cloth and stiffened wrappers; a fine copy. This issue also contains a major paper by Captain Samuel Albert WHITE and others: Scientific Notes on an Expedition into the North-Western Regions of South Australia 135 pages plus 2 maps and 25 pages of plates. White supplied the lengthy introductory narrative and section on birds and a smaller section on the Aborigines of the Everard Range; J.M. Black supplied a short account of their language as well as the section on botany. RSSA paperback
2010055040Auckland: Exisle Publishing 2010. HEAVY-will require additional postage to most destinations. 704pp index bibliography notes appendices biographical notes on service personel bw ills map. Red cloth in jacket. Slight shelf rubbing to bottom of boards otherwise as new. A substantial volume covering all aspects of New Zealand's involvement in the Vienam War right through to the 2008 Prime Minister's apology to veterans. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Exisle Publishing Hardcover
1968034480Melbourne: James Flood Charity Trust. 1968. HEAVY. 3190pp subscriber list index hundreds bw & col ills. Or blue cloth in jacket with slipcase. A few light rubs marks to slipcase. Endpapers heavily foxed as usual pages 109-111 have bump/scuff on surface light tidemark in upper margin not exceeding 5mm. Jacket heavily edgeworn with tears and creased crudely repaired with tape now browned and then laminated to prevent further deterioration. Numbered limited edition of which this #1379. The first of this sought after series showcasing early motoring in Australia. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/Fair. Folio. James Flood Charity Trust. Hardcover
1938145326London: Chatto and Windus 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. London Chatto and Windus 1938 first edition. Quarto xvi 296 pages with several maps and illustrations plus 81 pages of plates and 4 colour maps 3 folding. Green cloth with a contrasting gilt-lettered cloth label on the spine; top edge dyed green bottom edge uncut; endpapers a little tanned with early ownership details on the front free endpaper; an excellent copy with the very good unclipped dustwrapper unevenly sunned with a crease across the front panel and some loss along the top edge affecting a few letters of the first word in the title on the spine and front cover. John Riddoch Rymill 1905-1968 polar explorer and farmer was the leader of the expedition; he was born in Penola South Australia a grandson of the pioneer John Riddoch. 'Rymill's party proved that Graham Land was part of a continental extension now the Antarctic Peninsula. They discovered a southern permanently frozen channel later named King George VI Sound islanding Alexander I Land now Alexander Island and extending to the Bellingshausen Sea. The B.G.L.E. logistics were innovative in Antarctica. Outstanding sledging with dogs especially over sea ice was backed by air support and depot laying; the use of a motor launch probing ahead to plot a route for "Penola" through uncharted rock-strewn waters was original and successful. The "Penola" covered 26896 miles 43283 km mostly under sail' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. Chatto and Windus hardcover
1962144061Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia 1962. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Libraries Board of South Australia 1962 facsimile edition but see our footnote/ 1844. Octavo 212 pages this edition printed one side only on leaves uncut along the leading edge. Synthetic cloth slightly marked; edges endpapers and first leaf a little foxed; an excellent copy. Peade SA40: one of only 51 copies. Rare even in facsimile form and not generally recognized as being an important variant. Not even the authorised bibliography by Peade records the fact that the original from which this facsimile edition was produced contained often on interleaved blanks extensive manuscript additions attributed to Schurmann. Libraries Board of South Australia hardcover
BIB320289Adelaide: Friends of State Library of South Australia. 19981794. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Fine condition - like new. Deluxe edition - number 81 of only 90 numbered copies. With twelve full page colour plates by James Sowerby. Bound half leather over blue cloth boards. Includes separate blind-stamped box of plates numbers 81/200. All housed in a separate original cardboard box. Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 218. 33pages plates. The first book published on Australian fauna and one of the rarest Australian colour-plate books. Exquisite hand-coloured engravings. . As New. Facsimile Edition. Hardback. Friends of State Library of South Australia hardcover
188417233Adelaide: Government Printer 1884. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Government Printer 1884 second edition/ 1883. Octavo xvi 307 pages with 56 illustrations mainly full-page wood-engravings versos blank plus 2 large folding maps one a chromolithographic geological map. Brown cloth slightly rubbed; extremities a little rubbed; light wear to the head of the joints and the corners with the bottom two bumped; short repaired tear and a crease to the foot of the title leaf as a result of a production flaw; tears to the large folding map expertly repaired; a very good copy internally barely touched. In this second edition 'a few small inaccuracies are corrected and one or two passages relating to the Jubilee Exhibition it was proposed to hold in Adelaide are omitted . A few illustrations are added in connection with the chapters on the Aborigines and the Fauna'. In fact three plates are deleted from the first edition numbers 18 25 and 46 in that list and ten new plates appear in this edition numbers 2 4 16 27 and 42-47. Plates 42-47 are wood-engraved versions by J. Bruer of plates that first appeared in Taplin's 'The Folklore Manners Customs and Languages of the South Australian Aborigines' 1879. <p>There are portraits of Wewat-thaleri and Waldaninyeri in Taplin these were original albumen paper photographs and four illustrations based on original artwork by Aboriginal artists - 'War Dance' by an unknown artist and 'Hunting Scene' 'Hunting Party' and 'Group of Animals' all by Yertabrida Yertebrida Solomon. In Taplin these four plates are lithographs and we suggest that Bruer has based his wood-engravings on the Taplin versions not on the original artwork. <p>The erratum at the foot of the list of illustrations notes that the attribution of 'Hunting Party' to Solomon has been omitted. For more information on this early Aboriginal woman artist refer to our Catalogue 106A. Ferguson 16310 'Two maps in cover pockets'. Government Printer hardcover
101127An etching printed on card image size 237 × 184 mm; size of card 304 × 255 mm signed and dated in reverse in the plate 1935 with the edition number 10/50 title and artist's signature in pencil in the lower margin. A couple of spots of foxing to the lower margin otherwise in fine condition unmounted as issued. From the 'Australia at Work' series. unknown
2010040641Canberra: Halstead Press 2010. 272pp index bibliography notes glossary bw ills map front endpaper map pictorial rear endpaper. Or full burgundy leather in cloth slipcase. Some minor foxing to edges plastic cover over stamps creased. Deluxe edition limited to 110 SIGNED copies of which tis #47. Mounted on the front cover are 4 of the airmail stamps used to mail gold from the Bulolo fields in the 1930s/40s. 1 x 1/ 2 x 2/ & 1 x 1 pound stamps-all in fine used condition. . Deluxe Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Slipcase. 4to. Halstead Press Hardcover
186428246Adelaide 1864. First printing. Photography. Good overall. An early stereoscopic view of Adelaide by B. Goode. The SLSA website catalogs this photograph as 1864. In September 1864 Goode moved his premises from 155 Rundle St. to number 69. He also built up a lucrative trade in photographic material including chemicals that were "made to his special order and suitable for use in a hot climate". "In September 1865 Goode took his camera to the top of the partly-constructed Albert Tower. and the "following month Goode again went to the top of the Albert Tower but this time he had a stereoscopic camera." SLSA. <br /> <br /> Stereoscopic view albumen photograph sunned. Photos 6.8 x 14 cm on white card 8.7 x 17.5 cm. With a label on the verso “From B. Goode's Photographic Establishment 69 Rundle Street Adelaide. Importer of Pure Photographic Chemicals &c." Two hand written inscriptions on "King William Street" the other the same with "Adelaide - Australia" in addition. Cream card with a little foxing and edge browning.<br /> <br /> The State Library of South Australia copy of the photograph B1157 is mounted on yellow card with the measurements 7.4 x 15.4 cm. unknown